Security expert Rob Rachwald, who studied the hack of a military online dating website, says the incident illustrates the need for U.S. defense personnel to disguise identities on social networks, Nextgov reports. On March 25, hackers published the names, e-mail addresses and passwords of 170,937 of the site's members. The defense department publishes detailed guidance for social site behavior; a Navy handbook instructs personnel to minimize the information they leave on social sites, for example. But Rachwald says the policies are "completely inadequate," adding, "I hate to suggest falsifying information, but I think that's what you have to do, especially when you are part of a military organization."
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